Heart of Gold Games

Collectors drive in from Fort Collins for Heart of Gold's buy rates — a Longmont card shop where the Magic and Pokemon pricing beats the chains and the doors stay open until 10PM.

Reputation on the northern Front Range travels by comparison, and Heart of Gold Games keeps coming up the same way: cheaper than the chains, better on the buy than the shops in Fort Collins, Greeley, or Loveland. Reviewers say it plainly — one writes about driving down from Fort Collins weekly just to check the binders and unload pulls.

Magic: The Gathering and Pokemon carry the store. Staff will take real time grading a Pokemon single's condition at the counter when they're buying rather than eyeballing it and quoting low, which is why the buylist has the following it does. Disney Lorcana is stocked, and the miniatures side covers Warhammer, D&D, and RPG supplies. As an official Wizards Play Network store, it appears in the Wizards locator with event capacities running from 24 to 60 players, so the back room is not a token gesture.

Riftbound events landed here early too — Heart of Gold Nexus Night runs 2v2 and shows up on the official Riftbound locator. Between that, Magic, and Pokemon, most weeknights have something scheduled.

The hours are the practical advantage. Monday through Friday the shop is open 11AM to 10PM, the latest close of any Longmont card shop, which makes it the reliable stop after a shift ends. Weekends shorten considerably: 10AM to 6PM both Saturday and Sunday.

Staff get named individually in reviews — Kurt, Mike, and Alex all turn up repeatedly, usually attached to a story about someone new to Magic or Pokemon getting questions answered without a sales push. The shop has no standalone website; Facebook is where hours changes and event notices post, so it's worth a look before a special trip. The 4.7 average across roughly 250 Google reviews reflects a store that's been doing this long enough to have regulars rather than customers.